Combined kitchen table and folding ironing board



Sept. 25, 1951 COMBINED KITCHEN TABLE AND FOLDING IRONING BOARD Filed Jan. 26, 1948 FIG. I

P. P. SPRINGER 2 Shets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

I P. P. SPRINGER ATTORNEY P 1951 P. P. SPRINGER 2,569,263

COMBINED KITCHEN TABLE AND FOLDING IRONING BOARD I90 T A I :0 FIG. 4 28 3 k4 7 INVENTOR. P. P. SPRINGER ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 25, l95l COMBINED KITCHEN TABLE AND FOLDING IRONIN G BOARD Peter P. Springer, Davenport, Iowa, assignor of one-half to Gerard J Timmerman, Davenport,

Iowa

Application January 26, 1948, Serial No. 4,338

My present invention relates to kitchen tables of the type shown in my Patent No. 1,926,411, issued September 12, 1933. Among the objects of this invention are the provision of a generally improved table of the type indicated; the provision of elevating and latching mechanism for the ironing board of a combined kitchen table and ironing board; the provision of improved means for supporting the table top-of a combination table of the type indicated; and such further objects, advantages, and capabilities as will hereafter appear and as are inherent in the construction disclosed herein. My invention further resides in'the combination, construction, and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings and, while I have shown therein what is now regarded as the preferred embodiment of this invention, I desire the same to be understood as illustrative only and not to be interpreted in a limiting sense.

In the drawings annexed hereto and forming a part hereof,

Fig. 1 is a plan view in accordance with my present invention, with the table top moved to one side preparatory to raising the ironing board;

Fig, 2 represents a longitudinal section of the structure shown in Fig. 1, taken just inside of the bottom edge of that figure;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a structure such as shown in Fig. 1 with the ironing board set up in position for use and the table top returned toward closed position as far as it will close with the ironing board in extended position;

Fig. 1 represents a longitudinal section, comparable to Fig. 2, but with the ironing board in elevated position, as shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. is a fragmentary sectional elevation of the ironing board supporting means and the table bottom; and V Fig. 6 is a view comparable to Fig. 5 but with the ironing board latching means in unlatched position and ready to let the ironing board down.

Reference will now be made in greater detail to the annexed drawings for a more complete description of this invention. The table in general is indicated by the numeral l and is provided with a plurality of legs 2 fastened to the table body in any approved manner. The table body is provided with a top 3 which is slidable laterally to the position shown in Fig. l where it is sup ported. The body of the table has a bottom 4 with an upwardly turned flange 5 all the way around. This flange has an inwardly extending flange 6 at its top. At the two ends of the table are channels 1 which serve as trackways for the 6 Claims. (Cl. 38105) x rollers 8 carried by brackets 9 secured to the underside of the table top 3. The channels I and rollers 8 serve to hold the table top in a substantially horizontal position. Brackets H! are secured within the body of the table, at the back edge thereof, and carry rollers H which cooperatewith channels l2 of the underside of the top.

On the underside of the table top is a reenforcing channel 13 which helps the channels l2 to keep the top 3 from sagging when weight is placed thereon. On the bottom 4 of the table is a short channel I 4, shown best in Figs. 3 and 4, which serves as a support for one end of the ironing board [5 when this is folded into the table, as shown in Fig. l. The end part It of the ironing board is hingedly connected at I! to the main part of the board so that it can be folded over into the table body, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The support for the ironing board is best shown in Fig. 4 where it is seen to comprise several hingedly connected parts. A plate issecured to the bottom 4 of the table and provided with a pair of flanges I8, the edges of which are upstanding and have other parts connected thereto.

A similar plate l9, with flanges 19a, is pivotally connected at 20 to the flanges 8. Another plate 2| hasflanges 22 which are pivotally connected at 23 to the flanges l8, and a plate secured to the underside of the ironing board I5 has flanges 24 which'are pivotally connected at 25 to the flanges l9a and 22. It will therefore be seen that, when the extension I 6 is folded over, as shown in Fig. l, and the ironing board is let down, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the support comprising the parts 18 to 25 will be folded and nested, as shown in Fig. 2. Inside of this support is a prop comprising the plate 26 with upstanding flanges 21 and having a latching means 28 near its lower end. This latching means is pivotally connected at 29 to the flanges 2'! and has hooks 30 which engage the pivot member 23 to hold the ironing board support from collapsing. The guide member 3| {secured to the bottom plate of the top, guides the latching means 28 up over the pivot 23 so that it will be in a position to drop down and engage the pivot, as shown in Fig. 5.

When it is desired to lower the ironing board into the table, the end part 16 is folded over, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and then the latch-release 32 is pushed upwardly, engaging the latch 28, as shown in Fig. 6. This disengages the latching member 28 from the pivot 23 and permits the ironing board to be lowered into the space within the table. The prop 26 then nests between the flanges l8 and within the supports 3 l9 and 21. board then rests on the channel [4, as shown in Fig. 2. A support 33 with turned over edges is secured to the bottom of the table bottom and acts as a reenforcement for the bottom to support the strain that is put thereon by the ironing board and the pressure put upon it.

It is clear from Figs. 1 and 3 that the ironing board, when it moves toward exposed position, moves diagonally out of the table so that, although it overhangs the edge of the table in extended position, as is clear from Fig. 3, it moves into an entirely enclosed position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, when completely folded.

The ironing board support is kept from going beyond the vertical position shown in the drawings by reason of the notched ends of flangesv 21 engaging the pivot pin 23, as shown by dotted lines in Figs. 5 and 6. When it reaches the position shown in Fig. 5, the hooks 30, as pointed out above, engage the pin 23 and prevent the support from folding up into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

It is of course understood that the specific description of structure set forth above may be departed from without departing from the spirit of my invention as disclosed in this specification and as defined in the appended claims.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. A combined table and ironing board, comprising a substantially rectangular table body having a shiftable top and a bottom spaced below the top, an ironing board comprising a main section and an outer end section hingedly connected together for movement into and out of folded position, a foldable board-supporting structure comprising hingedly connected parts, one secured to the bottom of said table adjacent a corner thereof and the other fixed to the underside of said main ironing board section adjacent the hinged connection between said ironing board sections, whereby, when said ironing board is extended, said folding board-supporting structure is positioned substantially under the central portion of the ironing board, the hingedly connected parts of said board-supporting structure being connected to the bottom of the table with said board in a diagonal position so that when said board-supporting structure is folded inwardly from said corner, with the end section of the board folded over upon the main section, said ironing board is carried diagonally inwardly from said corner of the bottom of the table body into a position within said table body, and means on the bottom of the table adjacent the other end of the table body for supporting the end of said main ironing board section opposite the end to which said outer ironing board section is hingedly connected, said supporting means having its upper board-receiving portion lying in substantially the same horizontal plane as that of the upper portions of said board-supporting structure when folded to place the ironing board within the table body.

2. A combined table and ironing board, as defined by claim 1, in which said board-supporting structure comprises upper and lower channel-like members having flanges, and struts pivoted to the ends of the flanges to provide for raising and lowering of the upper channel-like member, the latter being fixed to the underside of said ironing board, and the other channel-like member The right hand end of the ironing I being fixed to the upper side of the bottom of the table, the flanges of one of said members being spaced farther apart than the flanges of the other member in order to provide for nesting of said struts and said other member therebetween, said board-supporting means for the end of said main board section opposite the hingedly connected ends of said ironing board section being fixed to the bottom of the table and having a height substantially equal to the width of the flanges of said one channel-like member.

3. In a combined table and ironing board, a foldable ironing board support comprising upper and lower channel-like members, each having flanges at opposite sides, swingable struts pivoted at their ends to the ends of said flanges, the

ends of said struts being positioned between the flanges of one of said channel-like members and swin'gable into nesting relation with respect thereto, the spacing betweenthe flanges of the outer channel-like member being such that the associated ends of said struts are outside of the flanges of said other channel-like member, whereby the latter member is adapted to nest between the struts when the support is folded, means forsecuring one of said channel-like members to the table, and means for securing the other channellike member to the ironing board.

4. A. foldable ironing board support as defined by claim 3 having a locking prop connected be-v tween said struts in a diagonal position, means on said prop and acting against one of said channellike members to prevent said struts from swinging:

in one direction out of a position perpendicular to said channel-like members, and means carried by said prop and acting against one of-said;

channel-like members for preventing the struts from swinging in the other direction, out of their perpendicular position.

5. A foldable ironing board support, as defined by claim 4, having a pivot member connecting one end of one of said struts to one of saidchannele;

6. A foldable ironing. board support as defined;

by claim 5 having a guide member on said one channel-like member for guiding said hook-like member intolatching position over said pivot member, as said strut members are swung into their perpendicular position.

PETER P. SPRINGER.

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